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The Visual Artists’ News Sheet
September – October 2017
EXTENDED ESSAY
Existential Observers MARK O’KELLY DISCUSSES ASPECTS OF PORTRAIT PAINTING IN IRELAND.
Blaise Smith, Eight Scientists, 2016, oil on gesso panel; collection of the Royal Irish Academy; commissioned as part of Accenture’s ‘Women on Walls’ Campaign; winner of the US Council/Irish Arts Review Portraiture Award 2017; image courtesy of the artist
Shiela Rennick, The Doggers, 2014, acrylic on paper; image courtesy of Hillsboro Fine Art
Geraldine O’Neill, John Rocha (b.1953), Designer, 2015, oil on linen; commissioned for the National Portrait Collection; image courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland